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Love was a magnificent building I built on the foundation of friendship. It took time to blossom. It took a lot of understanding, loads of sharing and caring, and plenty of affection to become what it is today. And it meant a meeting of minds. You might say that I belong to the traditional school of romance. But in my opinion, love needs to be nurtured. And it has to be distinguished from the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh.51. 爱是一栋我建立在友谊基础上的壮丽建筑。它需要时间才能开花结果。它需要很多的理解、大量的分享和关心、以及大量的情感来成为今天的样子。它意味着思想的碰撞。你可能会说,我属于传统浪漫学派。但在我看来,爱需要被培养。它必须与强烈但短暂的爱或肉体的快感区分开来。
Love was a magnificent building I built on the foundation of friendship. It took time to blossom. It took a lot of understanding, loads of sharing and caring, and plenty of affection to become what it is today. And it meant a meeting of minds. You might say that I belong to the traditional school of romance. But in my opinion, love needs to be nurtured. And it has to be distinguished from the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh.
51. 爱是一栋我建立在友谊基础上的壮丽建筑。它需要时间才能开花结果。它需要很多的理解、大量的分享和关心、以及大量的情感来成为今天的样子。它意味着思想的碰撞。你可能会说,我属于传统浪漫学派。但在我看来,爱需要被培养。它必须与强烈但短暂的爱或肉体的快感区分开来。
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答案
原文将“爱”比作一座以友谊为基础的“宏伟建筑”,需时间、理解、分享、关怀及情感共同作用才能成熟。作者认为爱需悉心培育,应与短暂的激情或肉体欢愉区分开。完整译文如下:
“爱是我以友谊为基石建造的一座宏伟建筑。它需要时间才能绽放,需要大量的理解、无数的分享与关怀,以及充足的情感,才能成就如今的模样。它意味着心灵的契合。你也许会说,我是传统浪漫主义的代表。但依我看来,爱需要悉心培育,必须与那种炽热却短暂的爱,或肉体的欢愉区分开来。”
(其他合理译法亦可接受。)